Rick Rhoden turned in the first complete game of his major league career and pitched the Dodgers to a 5-2 victory over the Reds with batting support from Steve Garvey, who drove in three runs with a homer and single. Pete Rose homered for one of the Reds' runs. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Cincinnati Reds 2
Game Played on Thursday, September 11, 1975 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   2  7  1
Dodgers      1  0  2    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   5  9  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   1   1   1     0   1   .313      Lopes 2b              2   2   1   0     1   1   .260
  Flynn 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Lacy lf               3   1   2   1     1   0   .317
Griffey rf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .311      Crawford rf           2   1   1   1     2   0   .267
Morgan 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .322      Garvey 1b             4   1   2   3     0   1   .317
Perez 1b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .282      Cey 3b                4   0   1   0     0   1   .276
Bench c               4   0   2   0     0   1   .283      Cruz cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Foster lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .311      Yeager c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .247
Geronimo cf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .258      Russell ss            3   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Concepcion ss         3   0   0   0     1   0   .253      Rhoden p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .083
Billingham p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .111
  C. Carroll p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .283
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .261

Totals               33   2   7   2     2   6             Totals               29   5   9   5     4   4

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 27,640
Left on Base: Reds 6, Dodgers 5
DP: Reds 4, Dodgers 1
Errors: Bench
Doubles: Lopes (20)
Home Runs: Rose (7), Garvey (15)
Stolen Bases: Concepcion (27), Morgan 2 (56), Lopes (69)
Caught Stealing: Lacy (7)
GIDP: Foster (12), Yeager (15)
Hit by Pitch: Lopes (2,by Borbon)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham L(15-8)      5     6   5   5   4   3   1  23   4.06
C. Carroll              1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.60
Borbon                  2     2   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.99
Totals                  8     9   5   5   4   4   1  34

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rhoden W(2-2)           9     7   2   2   2   6   1  35   3.16
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   6   1  35

Hit by Pitch: Borbon (3)
Wild Pitches: Rhoden (2)
Balks: Borbon (1)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Nick Colosi


REDS 1ST: Reds Manager Sparky Anderson ejected by HP umpire
John McSherry sometime in game; Rose grounded out (shortstop
to first); Griffey flied out to left; Morgan popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second [Lopes to third
(error by Bench)]; Lacy singled to center [Lopes scored];
Crawford walked [Lacy to second]; Garvey struck out while Lacy
was out trying to advance to third and Crawford advanced to
second (catcher to third); Cey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Reds 0, Dodgers 1.

REDS 2ND: Perez lined to shortstop; Bench singled to left;
Foster grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Bench out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); Yeager flied
out to right; Russell popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 1.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion
walked; Concepcion stole second; Billingham struck out; Rose was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Rhoden grounded out (third to first); Lopes doubled
to right; Lacy reached on a fielder's choice [Lopes to third];
Crawford singled to right [Lopes scored, Lacy to third]; Garvey
singled to right [Lacy scored, Crawford to third]; Cey reached
on a fielder's choice [Crawford out at home (third to catcher),
Garvey to second]; Cruz flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 3.

REDS 4TH: Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); Morgan
singled to center; Morgan stole second; Rhoden threw a wild
pitch [Morgan to third]; Perez struck out; Bench grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Yeager singled to center; Russell hit into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Yeager out at second]; Rhoden
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Dodgers 3.

REDS 5TH: Foster struck out; Geronimo singled to third;
Concepcion flied out to center; Billingham grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Lopes struck out; Lacy walked; Lacy was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Crawford walked; Garvey
homered [Crawford scored]; Cey grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 5.

REDS 6TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey
singled to right; Morgan grounded out (second to first) [Griffey
to second]; Perez singled to right [Griffey scored]; Bench
singled to left [Perez to second]; Foster flied out to center; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 6TH: C. CARROLL REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Cruz
grounded out (shortstop to first); Yeager made an out to first;
Russell singled to center; Rhoden struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 5.

REDS 7TH: Geronimo grounded out (pitcher to first); Concepcion
grounded out (third to first); CROWLEY BATTED FOR C. CARROLL;
Crowley flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 7TH: BORBON REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); Lopes was hit
by a pitch; Borbon balked [Lopes to second]; Lacy singled to
first [Lopes to third]; Crawford lined into a double play (first
unassisted) [Lacy out at first]; Garvey grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 5.

REDS 8TH: Rose homered; Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first);
Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Perez flied out to right;
Bench struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 8TH: FLYNN REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Cey singled to
left; Cruz forced Cey (pitcher to shortstop); Yeager grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cruz out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 5.

REDS 9TH: Foster flied out to left; Geronimo struck out (catcher
to first); Concepcion grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 5.